Environmental firms.Ranked by number of L.A. County environmental employees EXECUTIVE SUMMARY THE 25 firms on the list are mainly consulting companies Noun 1. consulting company - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting firm business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a that help businesses comply with environmental regulations and/or perform such services as recycling, solid-waste handling, permitting, renovation, water treatment and landfill engineering. Environmental firms fell on hard times in the mid-'90s thanks to increased competition, cuts in government programs and fewer regulations as environmental issues dropped lower on the government priority list. The result was a furious spate of consolidation. Three firms that were on last year's list either merged, were acquired or simply folded. The improving economy, however, is leading to an uptick Uptick A transaction occurring at price above its previous transaction. In order for an uptick to occur, a transaction price must be followed by an increased transaction price. in business, and consolidation in other industries provides work for environmental firms because merging companies are required to undergo environmental assessments, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Grant Ferrier, chief editor of the Environmental Business Journal. THE PACESETTER WASTE MANAGEMENT OF LOS ANGELES Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Operator of the Bradley Landfill and Recycling Center in Sun Valley, Waste Management of Los Angeles performs such services as solid waste handling, disposal, recycling and pollution control. While the Bradley Landfill is permitted to operate through 2007, it will reach capacity in 2003 at the current rate of waste acceptance. The landfill takes in more than 8,500 tons a day for household and commercial solid-waste disposal. The gas recovery plant at the Bradley Landfill and Recycling Center generates enough electricity to serve the needs of almost 1,500 homes each day. As one of L.A.'s waste recycling contractors, Waste Management processes up to 800 tons of residential green waste and yard trimmings each day and transports material to San Joaquin San Joaquin (săn wäkēn`), river, c.320 mi (510 km) long, rising in the Sierra Nevada, E Calif., and flowing W then N through the S Central Valley to form a large delta with the Sacramento River near Suisun Bay, an arm of San Francisco Bay. for composting
In 1998, Houston-based Waste Management Inc. merged with USA Waste Services. The combination of these two companies created a vast network of facilities, including more than 300 landfills, 650 collection operations, 325 transfer stations, 150 recycling facilities and 16 waste-to-energy plants in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . Waste Management not only has the largest number of disposal facilities in the industry, but the greatest capacity, with an average remaining permitted life of more than 25 years per site. [TABULAR tab·u·lar adj. 1. Having a plane surface; flat. 2. Organized as a table or list. 3. Calculated by means of a table. tabular resembling a table. DATA OMITTED] |
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